Platinum Games’ The Wonderful 101 arrives on the Wii U in a little over a month, and yet, who out there really knows what the game is all about? I’ll admit I wasn’t really sure until today. I just kind of thought it was a Pikmin rip-off with superheroes or something?

But no, there’s a lot more to The Wonderful 101 than that, as described in a new Nintendo Direct devoted entirely to the game. Hit the jump to learn everything you need to know about The Wonderful 101 and also witness the usually outspoken and uh, rather colorfulHideki Kamiya (the guy behind Bayonetta, Okami and many others) doing his best straight-laced Satoru Iwata impression…

Here’s the trailer from the last half of the Nintendo Direct on its own. It’s…it’s fairly crazy stuff…

It should be mentioned that according to Platinum Games this is their biggest, most expensive, most polished game to date. Yes, more than Bayonetta or Metal Gear Rising. The characters just look a little simple/low-poly because there needs to be 100 of them on screen at once. I have a feeling this one may still have a rough time sales-wise, but I’m definitely willing to give it a shot now that I know what it’s all about.

The more games that Platinum Studios release, the more I can’t believe Capcom shut down Clover. I really wish I had sales figures to back it up, but based on my experience, games from Platinum are much more enjoyable to play than their Capcom equivalents and more importantly they’re freaking fresh.

To say nothing of the fact that cutting Clover loose meant they lost Kamiya, Shinji Mikami (the guy who had just made Resident Evil 4 for them) and tons of other top talent. It’ll probably go down as one of the most boneheaded moves in video game history.

Wow, I figured this would be good, but I never really believed that until now. It looks amazing. Although I wish creators would stop saddling the girl character with the color pink… and the black character with black. :S